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"I believe they have more than one location." A deflection. Her face gave nothing away. He and his squad had entertained the idea of another location, a backup facility somewhere in case ARK went down. Because they always had a backup, an out in case things went wrong as they tended to do. Either she was an excellent liar or she told the truth.
"What does that have to do with those marks?"
"I'm not sure."
"You came all the way out here and into my tent on a hunch?" Chris had stepped further inside, close enough for her to lift her head to meet his eyes.
"Oh, Alpha," she said, his code name drawn out in a way he could only hear as patronizing. "You know I'd come here on more than that."
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16 Sep 2026
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“What? The switcheroo? I have not been switcheroo’d, Maxwell,” says Olethra, at once utterly confused, and doubly so when Maxwell looks confused at her confusion. “I think I would notice if my brain was a chimp or something. I’d hope you guys would notice, actually.”
“What are you…no, no, not that! Obviously not the Zood one! I mean, more of a, a…” A lengthy pause. Maxwell exhales hard through his nostrils. “A…Gath switcheroo.”
Olethra blinks, at length. “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”Bookmarked by The_Untitled
19 Aug 2026
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As Maxwell continues his adventure, it becomes painfully clear why his grandfather had always insisted they stay on the ground.
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19 Aug 2026
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“What’s the deal with whimsy?” he asks her finally, barely able to keep a handle on the childish frustration with the whole thing. It’s been haunting him more than half the trip now and he doesn’t seem to be making any progress. “Why’s everyone so obsessed with it?”
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Olethra and Maxwell look at the stars.
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11 Aug 2026
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“It, uh, takes over me sometimes,” he says. His voice is quiet, almost lost beneath the sound of the air rushing around them. “It’s sporting and I’m good at it, but then there’s something else. Beneath my skin, and sometimes it just… bursts out and I like it too much and I can’t stop myself.” He can’t bring himself to speak any louder, can’t bring himself to believe that someone else is hearing him say this. He’s a rowdy and he’s delighted in the rebellion, in the moments of abjection when someone can see the gleam of skillful violence in his eyes and flinch back. Violence is a means to an end, but that’s not all it is to him. “And it’s also the most interesting thing about me. The only thing, really, about me.”
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Maxwell has been a fighter, much longer than he’s been an adventurer.
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11 Aug 2026